Stovepipe-holder for tents.



No. 766,374. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904- J. MOFADZEAN.

'STOVEPIPE HOLDER FOR TENTS.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. a, 1903.

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Attorney UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

JOHN MoFADZlGAN, OF DEL NORTE, COLORADO.

STOVEPIPE-HOLDER FOR TENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,374, dated August 2, 1904.

Application flied September 8, 1903. Serial No. 172,332. (No mouei.)

To all 7071,0711, puny concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MCFADZEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Del Norte, in the county of Rio Grande and State of U010- rado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-Holders for Tents; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for supporting stovepipes at points where they pass through openings in tents and the like and for holding the canvas or other fabric of which tents are made away from the hot stovepipes.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, durable in use, very etiicient for the purpose intended, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved device, showing the same in use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the holder or support. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4: at of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views showing modified forms of adjustable locking connections for the clamping members.'

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 7 denotes a portion of a tent or the like, a seam 8 of which is opened to permit a stovepipe 9 to project through the same, and 10 denotes my improved stovepipe holder or support. The said holder comprises two pairs of clamping members or bars 11 and 12, adjustably fastened together to form a rectangular frame which surrounds the stovepipe 9 and is clamped upon the same on a line with the openings in the tent-seam 8. The ends of the clamping members 12 extend beyond the fastenings to form laterally or radially projecting spaced arms, which are forked to form jaws 13, which engage the folds of the tent fabric adjacent to the opening, as shown in Fig. 1, said arms thus serving to hold the tent fabric out of contact with the stovepipe 9. The folds into which the tent fabric is thrown by the engagement of said jaws will, when the pipe projects through the tentroof at a point removed from the apex thereof, direct any rain-water running down the tent away from the opening, and thus prevent it from leaking or running in upon the stove. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, the arms space the walls of the pipe-opening a sufficient distance to form an opening all round the pipe, which opening is partially occupied by the adjustable frame. This opening not only affords ventilation, but the air passing through the same keeps the frame cool and prevents possible scorching of the tent fabric. The clamping members 12 have their central portions curved, as at 1%, to conform to the curvature of a stovepipe and are provided at each end adjacent to the jaws 13 with a series of openings or apertures 15, through which locking elements 16 are passed to fasten the clamping members 11 and 12 together. The clamping members 11 have each of their ends formed with circular inwardly projecting heads 17, which are slotted or bifurcated, as at 18, to receive the clamping members 12. Alining openings 19 are formed in the bifurcated heads 17, through which the locking elements 16 are also passed. Said locking elements 16, as shown in the first four figures of the drawings, are in the form of pins having one of their ends screw-threaded, as at 20, to engage the screw-threads 21, formed in the openings 19, and their opposite ends formed with thumb-pieces 22 or with beads 23, which have the usual notches or slots to receive the end of a screw-driver. As shown in Fig. 5, the locking element is in the form of a pin 16, secured upon one end of a lever 24, pivoted at 25 to the clamping member 11 and having a finger-piece 26. A spring 27, secured to the lever and engaging the upper surface of the clamping member 11, is adapted to hold the locking element 16 in the openings 19. In Fig. 6 the locking element is in the form of a split pin or key 16", which is and that the same may be quickly put together or taken apart and will occupy but little space; From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A Stovepipe-holder for tents and the like, comprising a frame composed of two pairs of clamping members adapted to engage a stovepipe, one pair of said clamping members having means for engaging the tent fabric and holding the same away from the stovepipe, substantially as described.

2. Astovepipe-holder for tents and the like, comprising a frame composed of clampingbars and adapted to surround a stovepipe, means for adjustably connecting said bars, and jaws upon said frame adapted to engage the tent fabric and hold the same away from the stovepipe, substantially as described.

3. A Stovepipe-holder for tents and the like, comprising clamping-bars having apertured bifurcated heads at each end, clamping-bars adapted to be engaged by the bifurcated heads of the first-mentioned clamping-bars and having jaws at each end to engage the tent fabric, the latter-mentioned bars also having series of apertures adjacent to their jaws, and locking-pins adapted to be passed through the apertures in said bifurcated heads and the apertures in the latter-mentioned bars to adjustably secure said bars together, substantially as described.

4:. A Stovepipe-holder for tents and the like comprising a frame composed of clampingmembers, means for connecting said clamping members to secure said frame upon the pipe, and means carried by said clamping members for holding the tent spaced away from said pipe to form an open space between the tent and pipe, cooling said frame and serving as a ventilation-opening, substantially as described.

5. A stovepipe-holder for tents and the like, comprising a polygonal frame adapted to surround a stovepipe and composed of adjustablyconnected clamping members, and jaws upon said frame adapted to engage the tent and hold it out ofcontact with said pipe, substantially as described.

6. Astovepipe-holder for tents and the like, comprising a rectangular frame composed of two pairs of clamping members, the members of one of said pairs having jaws to engage the tent fabric and the members of the other pair having an adjustable connection with the members of the first-mentioned pair, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN MOFADZEAN. Witnesses J NO. BVHOFF, H. J. WILLIAMS. 

